ELECTIONS Czech Republic joins UK in banning travel from SA
Australia on Saturday imposed new restrictions on people who have been in nine Southern African countries, as the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 raises concerns about a further wave of the pandemic.
Three people were shot at a mall in North Carolina on Friday, police said, but no information was released on their conditions.
Brazil will shut its borders to travellers arriving from six southern African countries, the chief of staff to President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday, the latest in a slew of major nations to announce restrictions meant to combat the newly identified Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Mexican officials have begun dispersing several hundred migrants gathered in the southern city of Tapachula by busing them to other states, heading off the prospect of a new caravan heading north.
A gas leak in a Siberian coalmine killed at least 52 people on Thursday, Russian news agencies said, including six rescuers who were sent down to try to bring out dozens of men in what was one of Russia's worst mining disasters since Soviet times.
France pledged on Thursday to step up surveillance of its northern shores, but migrants huddling in makeshift camps said neither that nor a tragic drowning the day before would stop them from trying to cross the Channel to Britain.
The United States threatened on Thursday to confront Iran at the International Atomic Energy Agency next month if it does not cooperate more with the watchdog - an escalation that could undermine talks on reviving a 2015 big-power deal with Iran.
Israel slashed its list of countries eligible to buy its cyber technologies following concern over possible abuses abroad of a hacking tool sold by Israeli firm NSO Group, Israel's Calcalist financial newspaper reported on Thursday.
Slovakia went into a two-week lockdown on Thursday, as the country with one of the EU's lowest vaccination rates reported a critical situation in hospitals and new infections that topped global tables.
At least 11 miners died in a coal mining accident in Russia's Siberia on Thursday and an operation to rescue 35 more people stuck underground was suspended due to the risk of an explosion, the region's governor said.
French fishermen plan to block the Channel Tunnel and the port of Calais on Friday in protest against Britain's failure to issue them with more fishing licences since Brexit.
Russia, which is building up its forces around Ukrainian borders, must understand that a new attack on its neighbour would be too costly, Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Thursday.
A Jury in the state of Georgia in the United States has largely handed down guilty verdicts in the murder trial of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old black man gunned down while jogging in the suburb Satilla Shores last February.
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for an end to fighting in Ethiopia while in Colombia's capital Bogota on Wednesday, urging Ethiopian leaders to follow the Andean country's example of peace.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday agreed to step up joint efforts to prevent migrants' crossings in the English Channel after 31 people died earlier in the day when their rubber boat capsized during the journey.
Thirty-one people, including five women and a little girl, died on Wednesday after their rubber boat capsized while crossing the English Channel from France to Britain, in the worst disaster on record involving migrants in the waters separating the countries.
One person has died and three have been taken to hospital after a carbon dioxide leak at the Asco nuclear power plant in the Spanish region of Catalonia, local emergency services said on Wednesday.
Five women born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have brought a case against the Belgian state for crimes against humanity.
The United Nations has launched its annual global campaign of 16 Days for the Elimination of Violence Against Women under the theme "Orange the World: End Violence Against Women Now."
The three parties set to form Germany's next government want to increase public investment in green technology and digitalisation while returning to strict debt limits from 2023 onwards...
Russia's nuclear capabilities and armed forces need to maintain combat readiness in light of the increased activity of NATO countries near Russia's borders, Russian news agencies cited Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu assaying on Wednesday.
Barbados, a former British colony, will next week ditch Queen Elizabeth as head of state, breaking its last remaining imperial bonds with Britain nearly400 years since the first English ship arrived at the Caribbean island.
Syrian air defences intercepted an Israeli attack above the Syrian city of Homs, official media said on Wednesday.
The number of displaced people in camps in Yemen’s Marib province has risen nearly 10-fold since September, with over 45 000 people fleeing their homes as Houthi forces press an offensive, the UN migration agency IOM said on Wednesday.
The US Special Representative for Afghanistan will visit Doha next week for two weeks of meetings with leaders of the Taliban, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Tuesday.
Top US infectious disease official Dr. Anthony Fauci said on Tuesday the vast majority of Americans who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 should receive a booster shot, and that an additional dose could eventually become the country's standard for determining who is fully vaccinated.
At least six people have died and around ten are missing after a ferry they were travelling in capsized in eastern Sri Lanka on Tuesday, officials said.
Germany's Health Minister has called for further restrictions to contain a dramatic surge in coronavirus cases as the country's infection rate hits a record high.
Taiwan will respect the outcome of the Honduras election but the country should be aware of getting sucked in by China's "false" promises, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday ahead of a vote which could see Taipei loose a steadfast ally to Beijing.
US President Joe Biden intends to run for re-election in 2024, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Monday.
